History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
Madame Jumel, who was al»o the widow of Aaron Burr, has been dcail, many yeara ; and the right to the ownership of the property has been bitterly contested, in the Courts ; but the old house remains -- and long may it remain.
- Colonel Uurrisons replij^ uiuler General Washington't ingtructiottg^ " Uead-qi aetebs, Octolwr 12, I77C ; " Colonel Kicing to the Maryland Council of Siifetij, " Camp near Hableh, October 13, 1776."
' General Wofhinyton to the Conrjrest, " Ueigiits or Harlex, 12 Octo- "ber, 1776;" postscript, dated "October i;!th ; " Uie same to General Ward, " Head-quarters, Harlem Heights, October 13, 1776 ; " Eitract of a Letter from Harlem, dated October 13, in The Peurunjlcania Ecening Potl, Volume 2, Number 271, Philadelphia, Tuesday, October 15, 1776 ; the tame, in The PenmyUatiia Join-nat, So. 1767, Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 16, 1776; Memoin of General Heath, 71.
* Admiral Lord Hoiceto Mr. Utepheiit, Secretary to the Admiralty, "Ea- "OLE, OFF New-York, November 23, 1776 ;" General Huice to Lord George Germaine, "New- York, 30 November, 1776 ; " [Uall'sJ ifu<or^ of the Civil War in America, i., 202.
make a dash, in that direction, instead of moving the American Army into Westchester-county ; ^ in which latter case the three Brigades commanded by General Lord Percy would have been seriously imperiled ; and, second, because he had landed on Throgg's-neck, which was really an island, instead of on the mainland, where none of the difficulties to which he was exposed, on the Neck, would have been encountered.* But. if the General noticed the first of these criticisms, we have seen no mention of it ; and, in answer to the second, without pretending to offer any further explanation, although it is understood that he could easily have done so," he said, before the Committee of the Hou-e of Commons, who was considering his conduct, as Commander-in-chief of the Army, that the landing at Pell's-neck instead of at Throgg'sneck, " would have been an imprudent measure, as it " could not have been executed without much un- " necessary risk." ^